The Temporal Cloud Engineering group is looking for a Staff Software Engineer who has demonstrated a track record of developing horizontally scalable, resilient, and performing-under-load distributed systems in a production environment. Your primary focus will be on building and enhancing our reliability and scale Cloud Platform. This is a unique opportunity as you will gain experience with the Temporal open source server and our cloud services while building this framework.
What You’ll Do
- Drive the architecture, design, and implementation of our foundational platforms and systems, working closely with stakeholders and internal customers to understand and refine requirements.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define, design, and deliver new features.
- Proactively identifying opportunities for, and driving improvements to, current programming practices, including process enhancements and tool upgrades.
- Provide appropriate alerts, dashboards, and runbooks for production.
What You Bring to Us
- 8+ years of experience developing a globally distributed cloud services platform
- 6+ years of coding experience (Go, Java/Scala, Python, or other applicable languages)
- Experience developing and operating large-scale databases, as well as demonstrated knowledge of technologies such as Postgres, Elasticsearch, Cassandra, SQL, etc.
- Strong communication skills and a desire to make an impact and thrive in small, collaborative, energetic teams
- Capable of operating from conception through the continuous operation of 24x7 services. Ideally, you have experience in a production DevOps environment
What is Good to Have
- Hands-on experience with cloud technologies such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, or Azure is a plus
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Knowledge/experience building GDPR, SOX compliant systems
Compensation
- The estimated pay range for this role is $170,000 - $240,000.
- Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan.